[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 6 (Monday, January 11, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 1180]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00285]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14653-000]


Twain Resources, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

    On December 10, 2014, Twain Resources, LLC, filed an application 
for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power 
Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the Easygo 
Hydroelectric Project (Easygo Project or project) to be located in an 
inactive underground mine adjacent to Morgan Creek near the City of 
Bishop, in Inyo County, California. The sole purpose of a preliminary 
permit, if issued, is to grant the permit holder priority to file a 
license application during the permit term. A preliminary permit does 
not authorize the permit holder to perform any land-disturbing 
activities or otherwise enter upon lands or waters owned by others 
without the owners' express permission.
    The proposed project would consist of the following: (1) An 
existing 12-foot-high by 12-foot-wide by 30-foot-thick reinforced 
concrete plug inside a 12,000-foot-long mine access tunnel capable of 
storing water up to 1,320 feet of gross head; (2) a 200-acre-foot in-
mine reservoir that backs up water inside the mine to a maximum 
elevation of 9,400 feet above sea level; (3) a 24-inch or 18-inch steel 
penstock through the concrete plug connecting to a 1,500 kilowatt 
impulse turbine; (4) a 1.573 kilovolt-amp generator; (5) an 
approximately 2,500-foot-long transmission line connecting the 
generator to a California Edison-owned substation; and (6) appurtenant 
facilities. The estimated annual generation of the Easygo Project would 
be 5,600 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Doug Hicks, 280 Floreca Way, Reno, Nevada 
89511, phone (775) 997-3429.
    FERC Contact: Joseph Hassell; phone: (202) 502-8079.
    Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing 
applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file 
competing applications: 60 days from the issuance of this notice. 
Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the requirements 
of 18 CFR 4.36.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing 
applications using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief 
comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the 
eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You 
must include your name and contact information at the end of your 
comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number P-14653-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14653) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: January 5, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-00285 Filed 1-8-16; 8:45 am]
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